Mickey Arline Dixon, 48, of Otway, North Carolina, died of a gunshot wound to the torso on September 23, 2021. The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on Liston Road at about 4:20 p.m. and found Dixon deceased.

Investigators determined a family member fired the shot; that family member was cooperating with detectives and the death was being treated as a homicide. No arrests or suspects had been publicly named and no further details were released at the time.

Mickey Dixon was described as a mechanic who loved the water, family and friends. He is survived by his wife Katrina, children Chandler, Zack, Sabrina and Joshua, and grandchildren Daphne Kate and Laine Lupton; he was preceded in death by his son Chase and his parents Mitchell and Sherry. Does anyone in the Otway area have information about what happened on Liston Road that afternoon?